Practical Countermeasure against Attacks Exploiting Detection Efficiency Mismatch in Quantum Key Distribution

We demonstrate a practical countermeasure against a well-known class of attacks on quantum key distribution QKD systems that exploit detection efficiency mismatch, where the receiver's detectors do not exhibit identical responses to incoming photons across all degrees of freedom. This class of...

CVE-2026-41913

OpenClaw before 2026.4.4 contains a race condition vulnerability in shared-secret authentication that allows concurrent asynchronous requests to bypass the per-key rate-limit budget. Attackers can exploit this by sending multiple simultaneous authentication attempts to circumvent intended...

CVE-2026-41913

OpenClaw before 2026.4.4 contains a race condition in shared-secret authentication that allows concurrent asynchronous requests to bypass the per-key rate-limit budget on Tailscale-capable paths. Attackers can exploit multiple simultaneous authentication attempts to circumvent intended rate-limit...

EUVD-2026-26119

OpenClaw before 2026.4.4 contains a race condition vulnerability in shared-secret authentication that allows concurrent asynchronous requests to bypass the per-key rate-limit budget. Attackers can exploit this by sending multiple simultaneous authentication attempts to circumvent intended...

CVE-2026-41913 OpenClaw < 2026.4.4 - Rate-Limit Bypass via Concurrent Async Authentication Attempts

OpenClaw before 2026.4.4 contains a race condition vulnerability in shared-secret authentication that allows concurrent asynchronous requests to bypass the per-key rate-limit budget. Attackers can exploit this by sending multiple simultaneous authentication attempts to circumvent intended...

PT-2026-35795

OpenClaw before 2026.4.4 contains a race condition vulnerability in shared-secret authentication that allows concurrent asynchronous requests to bypass the per-key rate-limit budget. Attackers can exploit this by sending multiple simultaneous authentication attempts to circumvent intended...

Numerical Security Framework for Quantum Key Distribution with Bypass Channels

Satellite based quantum key distribution QKD aims to establish secure key exchange over long distances despite significant technological challenges. To alleviate some of these challenges, Ghalaii et al. PRX Quantum 4, 040320 2023 proposed that any airborne eavesdropper up to a certain size can be...

Secure Quantum Communication: Simulation and Analysis of Quantum Key Distribution Protocols

Quantum computing poses significant threats to conventional cryptographic techniques such as RSA and AES, motivating the need for quantum secure communication methods. Quantum Key Distribution QKD offers information theoretic security based on fundamental quantum principles. This paper presents a...

Quantum CDMA-Based Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution Using Chaotic Phase Shifters

We present a quantum code-division multiple-access q-CDMA framework for multiuser continuous-variable quantum key distribution CV-QKD over a shared quantum channel. The proposed architecture employs chaotic phase shifters to encode and decode quantum states, enabling efficient multiplexing and...

Quantum Key Distribution without Authentication and Information Leakage

Quantum key distribution QKD is the most widely studied quantum cryptographic model that exploits quantum effects to achieve information-theoretically secure key establishment. Conventional QKD contains public classical post-processing steps that require authentication to prevent impersonation an...

Optimizing Epsilon Security Parameters in QKD

We investigate the optimization of epsilon-security parameters in quantum key distribution QKD, aiming to improve the achievable secure key rate under a fixed overall composable security level. For this purpose, we employ a continuous genetic algorithm CGA to optimize the epsilon-security...

Random Coding for Long-Range Continuous-Variable QKD

Quantum Key Distribution QKD schemes are key exchange protocols based on the physical properties of quantum channels. They avoid the computational-hardness assumptions that underlie the security of classical key exchange. Continuous-Variable QKD CVQKD, in contrast to qubit-based discrete-variable...

Finite-Key Security Analysis of the Decoy-State BB84 QKD with Passive Measurement

The decoy-state Bennett-Brassard 1984 BB84 quantum key distribution QKD protocol is widely regarded as the de facto standard for practical implementations. On the receiver side, passive basis choice is attractive because it significantly reduces the need for random number generators and eliminate...

Processing Entangled Links into Secure Cryptographic Keys

The following paper presents a holistic approach to the processing of entangled links within entanglement based quantum key distribution protocols, whose security relies on the Bell inequality. We investigate the interactions, and the collective impact, of the whole processing chain on the final...

Modified Security Analysis of Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution with Random Key Basis

Security analysis is a critical part in any cryptographic protocol, may it be classical or quantum. Without security analysis, one cannot ensure the secrecy of the distributed keys. To perform a conclusive security analysis, it is very often necessary to frame the problem as an optimization...

Secure One-Sided Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution under Collective Attacks with Enhanced Robustness

We study the security of a quantum key distribution QKD protocol under the one-sided device-independent 1sDI setting, which assumes trust in only one party's measurement device. This approach effectively provides a balance between the experimental viability of device-dependent DD-QKD and the...

Analytic Rényi Entropy Bounds for Device-Independent Cryptography

Device-independent DI cryptography represents the highest level of security, enabling cryptographic primitives to be executed safely on uncharacterized devices. Moreover, with successful proof-of-concept demonstrations in randomness expansion, randomness amplification, and quantum key distributio...

Time-Bin Encoded Quantum Key Distribution over 120 Km with a Telecom Quantum Dot Source

Quantum key distribution QKD with deterministic single photon sources has been demonstrated over intercity fiber and free-space channels. The previous implementations relied mainly on polarization encoding schemes, which are susceptible to birefringence, polarization-mode dispersion and...

Performance Analysis of MDI-QKD in Thermal-Loss and Phase Noise Channels

Measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution MDI-QKD, enhances quantum cryptography by mitigating detector-side vulnerabilities. This study analyzes MDI-QKD performance in thermal-loss and phase noise channels, modeled as depolarizing and dephasing channels to capture thermal and phase...